Legal papers, 1844-1878.

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Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882. Legal papers, 1844-1878.

Legal papers, 1844-1878.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259284

This collection consists of Dana's files for more than six hundred of his cases from about 1844 to 1878. The files generally include documents retained by Dana's office and contain a wide variety of materials. Most common are Dana's notes on his arguments and on the statements of witnesses, but other items such as statements, depositions, summonses, correspondence, receipts, and papers gathered as evidence are also present. Copies of printed briefs and points frequently accompany cases argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court or federal courts. There are also some newspaper clippings pertaining to the cases. The files were numbered in a roughly chronological sequence in Dana's office, and the collection is arranged in this same order. The numbers do not correspond to court docket numbers, and many numbers are absent. However, and it is not clear whether the missing numbers represent cases handled by Dana or by his partner, Francis E. Parker. There are no materials from Dana's involvement in the Anthony Burns rendition case in 1854, or from the plagiarism suit brought against Dana by William Beach Lawrence in 1866.

24 boxes.

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